Local Public Health Systems

At the local level, public health services in Utah are organized into 13 health districts.
Seven of the 13 local health departments are single county and six are multi-county
districts. The San Juan health department was just formed in 2015.

The local health districts in Utah include the following:

Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, Rich counties)

Central Utah (Juab, Millard, Piute, Sevier, Wayne, Sanpete counties)

Davis County

Salt Lake County

San Juan County

Southeast Utah (Carbon, Emery, Grand counties)

Southwest Utah (Garfield, Iron, Kane, Washington, Beaver counties)

Summit County

Tooele County

TriCounty (Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah counties)

Utah County

Wasatch County

Weber-Morgan

Local health departments provide many essential health services including
investigation of disease outbreaks, regulation of known sources of health
hazards such as food establishments, and health education and prevention
services such as immunizations and preventive health screenings.

The private health care system, including hospitals, physicians, health
plans, schools, and private-non-profit agencies, deliver many important
local public health services as well.

The highest priority health problems vary among local districts, especially
between the more urbanized Wasatch Front districts and the more rural districts.

Local health departments are often the front line for reporting communicable
diseases and other events, such as signs and symptoms of exposure to biologic
agents of terrorism. The Utah Notification and Information System (UNIS), Utah's
Health Alert Network, consists of a network of local, state, and private health
providers who share information through instantaneous electronic transmission to
provide a timely response to disease outbreaks whether natural or the result of
terrorism. UNIS has expanded to include many emergency management, homeland
security, and other response partners.

Utah's public health capacity is provided by both state and local public health
entities, as well as community health centers and community based organizations.

For more information about local public health in Utah, see the Utah Association
of Local Health Departments website at www.ualhd.org.

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